tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post2277835962250185978..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Time to re-read "The Grapes of Wrath"BadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-50190671597527388442009-06-09T13:36:30.768-07:002009-06-09T13:36:30.768-07:00I like your idea about increasing slices rather th...I like your idea about increasing slices rather than shrinking the pie. My favorite form of stimulus is to lower the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare to age 60. I also favor giving everyone on Social Security a 20% raise. Much of this money will be spent and most of the money that is saved by higher income retirees will be taxed. By printing enough money to payoff most of the federal debt the U.S. will save $400 billion in interest from now to perpetuity. This will more than pay for the extra $300 billion it would take to fund the lowered age of eligibility.<br /><br />The issue of slowing the rate of inflation for healthcare does not change. We are simply moving much of the cost of providing healthcare for those aged 60 to 65 from the private sector to the public sector.<br /><br />I think this will instill confidence in sectors of the economy that will spread to other sectors.<br /><br />I detail this in my book How America Can Escape the New Great depression.Escapethenewgreatdepressionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04302366010651737841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-78574260801912591112009-06-08T15:18:36.474-07:002009-06-08T15:18:36.474-07:00I wonder if the only real difference is the intern...I wonder if the only real difference is the internets. People can spread around more crap and fake horror and do it faster as well.Ruckushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059765383428059804noreply@blogger.com